Cloth-measuring machine



(No Model.)

J. READING.

GLOTH MEASURING MACHINE.

12%. 448 368. Patented Mar. 17, 1891.

ehnTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN READING, OF AKRON, OHIO.

CLOTH-MEASURING MAGHlNE.

SPEOIFIGATION forming part Of Letters Patent No. 448,368, dated March 17, 1891.

Application filed October 22, 1890. Serial No. 368,918. (No model.)

To (L Z l ZUYLO/lb it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN READING, a citizen of the United States, residing at Akron, in the county of Summit and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Wall-Paper-Border-Measuring Machines, of which the following is a specification.

lVall-paper borders, as is well known, are printed of different widths or brands on strips of paper of substantially the same width, and in retailing less than one roll are unrolled by hand, measured, severed from the roll, and rerolled. This process is objectionable, because ofthe time and labor required, and, again, because the repeated handling tends to deface and injure the paper, and, finally, as often occurs, mistakes are made in the amount actually out off.

The object of my invention is to produce a simple and compact machine by which the border-roll shall be mechanically unrolled, measured, rerolled, and severed, and its amount accurately indicated, so that a mistake is avoided.

To this object my invention consists of the peculiar and novel construction, arrangement, and combination of mechanical parts hereinafter setforth, and then specifically pointed out in the claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of reference indicate like parts, Figure 1 is a plan of my machine with apart of the graduated scale broken away to show theindex-movingscrew; Fig. 2, an end elevation, and Fig. 3 a vertical section at the line of Fig. l.

Referring to the drawings, A is a case, usually of wood, in form of a shallow box open at the top, and upon which is a case 13, consisting of three sides similarly constructed, havin its back. hinged to the back of the case A, and with its ends registering with the ends of said case, The internal length of the case A slightly exceeds the extreme length of wallpapcr-b0rder rolls, and between its ends is a partition which extends from a line in the front wall of the case and at a distance or;- ceeding the diameter of roll of border below its front upper edge, horizontally backward about the same distance, thence upward, slightly inclined backward from a perpendicular until near the top of the case, when it again turns backward, slightly inclined upward fromahorizontal line to said top. This forms a trough in which the roll of border is placed and a platform over which it is led to be measured and rerolled.

In the case A is journalcd a roll l), and directly above it in the case B is journalcd a similar roll E, both having a flexible covering, as felt, and arranged, when the case B is lowered, to press against each other and be revolved by the friction of the strip of borderpaper which passes between them. Parallel with and above the roll E is journaled a screw F, the journal of which extends through one side of the case B, and bears a pinion E, which meshes in a larger pinion E on the end of the shaft of the roll E. Across the top of the case 13 above the screw F is abar G, hear ing numbered graduate-marks, parallel with and back of which is a rod ll. Mounted and free to slide on the rod H is a short lever I, which has segmental under screw-threads that mesh in the threads of the screw F, and a pointer that passes above and along the graduated bar G, and is arranged by a knob or other suitable handle to be rocked upward sufiiciently to release it from the screw F. Back of the roll .D in the case A is a roll J, the journal of which projects through one side of the case A and bears a pinion J, which meshes in a larger gear-wheel K, j ournaled on a stud projecting from the case A, and provided with a handle by which it can be revolved. Extending across the front of the frame 13 above the upper part of the partition C is a bar I, having alongitudinal slot through which a knife can be inserted to sever the bordenroll.

In operation a roll of border-paper, as L, is placed in the trough made by the partition 0, and the end is then carried forward over the roller 1), and sufficiently attached by winding about the roll J. This operation is facilitated by raising the frame I so as to permit the rolls E D to separate. The frame B is then lowered, so as to compress the rolls E D on the strip of border-paper, and the lever I is, by raising free from the screw F, passed backward to the initial point of the scale G. The wheel K is then actuated by hand and winds the strip of border-paper as it unwindsfrom the roll L about the roll J; By the passage of the strip of paperbetween the rolls E D they are turned by friction, and by means of the wheels E D turn the screw F and cause the leverI to travel along it until its pointer indicates on the graduated bar G that the requisite amount has been measured, when-the movement is stopped, and a knife inserted in and passed through the slot 'in the bar I severs the paper.

I claim asm y inventir'm- 1. In a machine for measuring strips of fabric, the combination, with two frames hinged at one side and arranged to register with each other, of two oppositely-disposed rollers severally mounted in said frames and arranged to engage and be turned by the passage of the fabric between them, and a registering device arranged to be operated by one of-saidrollers,

substantially as shown and described.

7 2'. The herein-described machine embodying the following elements, viz: the case A,

case B, partition 0, rollers D E, screw F, le

ver I, graduated scale G, slotted bar I, and

spindle J, all arranged to operate as hereinbefore described and shown, and for thepurpose specified.

' In testimony that I claim the above I here- 3o C. E. HUMPHREY, C. P. HUMPHREY. 

